Mitt with renewable surfaces



Sept. 25, 1956 F. R. CONRAD, JR 2,753,864

MITT WITH RENEWABLE SURFACES Filed Ap ril 2", 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN V EN TOR.

Sept. 25. 1956 F. R. CONRAD, JR 2,763,864.

MITT WITH RENEWABLE SURFACES Filed April 27, 1953 2 Shee'ts-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

ranWEX MITT WITH RENEWABLE SURFACES Frederick R. Conrad, Jr., Jackson, Mich.

Application April 27, 1953, Serial No. 351,1 7

1 Claim. (Cl. 2-20) This invention relates to a mitt to be Worn upon a persons hand and the use of which is adaptable to a variety of purposes, including the handling of goods in a heated condition, such as goods from a bakers oven, the handling of foodstuffs and materials in general, whether hot or cold, and the wiping, rubbing, or bufiing of surfaces.

It is an important object of the invention to provide a hand mitt which is of relatively simple and inexpensive construction and which provides a multiplicity of removable surfaces which can be easily brought into use as and when required.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a hand mitt composed of layers of material for covering the palm of the wearers hand and which are capable of being tomofi and discarded to reveal a new surface layer beneath.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a hand mitt composed of a multiplicity of tear-ofi surfaces, with the mitt being capable of being worn upon a persons wrist to hang freely therefrom when the mitt is not in use so as thereby to free the persons hand for use otherwise than to hold the mitt in operative position.

A hand mitt in accordance with the invention comprises a pad composed of multiple layers of paper, or other material, in a natural or treated state, interconnected by lines of stitching to define panels capable of covering the palm of a person's hand, which panels can be easily torn-01f, seriatim, along said lines of stitching, thereby presenting a succession of fresh panels for use, until the panel supply is exhausted, when a fresh mitt would be used. By slitting end portions of the pad, or providing appropriate wrist and finger grip portions thereon, it is readily possible to apply the mitt over the hand and grip the mitt in the hand for use. In the case of an oven mitt, the body of the mitt can be formed by a panel of felt, cloth or suitable heat insulating material, upon which there is secured a pad composed of multiple layers of paper panels which can be torn-off as above indicated.

Further and other objects and advantages of the invention residing in the construction, arrangement and combination of parts will appear clear from a consideration of the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings and from the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a perspective plan view of one form of hand mitt in accordance with the invention, suitable for use as an oven mitt,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a perspective plan view of an alternative form of hand mitt,

Fig. 4 is a perspective plan view illustrating this hand mitt secured upon a persons hand,

Fig. 5 is a similar view to Figs. 1 and 3 but of another construction of hand mitt,

Fig. 6 is a perspective view illustrating the hand mitt of Fig. 5 secured upon a persons hand, and

hired States Patent 0 2,763,864 Patented Sept. 25, 1956 ICC Figs. 7 and 8 are perspective plan views of yet a further form of hand mitt in accordance with the invention.

Referring to the drawings, and first to Figs. 1 and 2, the hand mitt illustrated therein is formed by an inside flat and substantially rectangular core 10 of fabric material formed from an elongated sheet of the material bent back upon itself at the center, corresponding to one end of the mitt, and secured upon itself at the opposite end by the line of stitching 12. Secured about both sides of this core there is a corresponding rectangular pad, indicated generally at 14, composed of a multiplicity of superimposed layers 16 of paper secured to the inner core by lines of stitching, indicated at 18 and 20. These lines of stitching define separate paper panels upon opposite sides of the core 10, which panels can be easily torn-off by severance along said lines of stitching 18 and 20. The lines of stitching 20, and the line of stitching 12, define an uncovered end portion 22 of the core 10, which portion is formed with a lateral slit 24 capable of admitting a persons hand to permit the mitt to be grasped by the hand in covering relationship to the palm of the hand.

The inner core 10 may be made from heat resistant material, including Fiberglas, while the pad 14 may be formed from relatively thin paper, cloth or fabric material, which can be readily torn along the lines of stitching 1.8 and 20.

By passing the hand through the slit 24 from one side or the other of the mitt it is possible to bring both sides of the pad 14 into use until all the paper panels 16 have been used up.

Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate an alternative form of hand mitt, suitable for use as a duster, or for wiping, rubbing or buffing surfaces, or for handling relatively cold articles, including foodstuifs, which should be handled in a sanitary manner. In this construction, the mitt is formed by a rectangular pad 26 of superimposed sheets of paper bent upon themselves at the center, corresponding to the end 28 of the mitt, and secured together adjacent said end by the line of stitching 30. At the opposite end of the mitt, the plies of paper are secured together by the line of stitching 32. These lines of stitching define paper panel sections 25 upon opposite sides of the mitt, which sections can be easily torn-off along said lines of stitching. For reinforcing the mitt there may be provided an outer layer 34 of stouter paper bent over one end of the mitt, as indicated at 36, and secured to the pad 26 at such end by the line of stitching 38. At the opposite end of the mitt, on the side opposite the outer layer 34, a separate strip 40 of such stouter paper may be provided and secured in position by the line of stitching 42, which stitching may also secure the corresponding end of the layer 34 to the pad 26. To provide for attaching the mitt to a persons hand, one end of the mitt is formed with an arrow transverse slot 44, through which the persons hand can be passed, while the oposite end of the mitt is formed with a transverse slit 46 through which the finger tips of the persons hand can be passed, with this end of the mitt being folded back, as illustrated in Fig. 4.

The hand mitt illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 is formed by a substantially rectangular pad 48 composed of a multiplicity of paper layers, indicated at 50, with the resulting pad covered on one side by a cover sheet 52, which may be of stouter material (generally paper) than the paper sheets constituting the pad 50. The paper sheets of this pad are folded back upon one another at the end 54 of the mitt and are secured together at the opposite end of the mitt by the line of stitching 56, which, with the line of stitching 58, defines panel sections 60 which can be readily torn-01f along these lines of stitching from the side of the mitt opposite the cover sheet 52. This sheet is turned over at the end 54 to dispose an end portion 62 upon the opposite side of the pad 50 and the cover sheet, including its turned over end portion 62, is secured to the pad 50 by theline of stitching 63. A transverse slot 64 and a slit '66, formed through the pad 48 at one end, define a band 68 which extends over the wrist of a persons hand, as seen in Fig. 6, when the hand is inserted through the slot and the slit. When the hand is thus inserted the mitt can be worn with the pad 48 hanging freely from the wrist. For holding the pad in operative position over the palm of the hand a band 70 is provided at the opposite end of the pad and may be secured, as by paper clips 72, upon the cover sheet 52 so that the finger tips of the hand can be engaged behind the free edge 74 of the band 70 to fold back the corresponding end portion of the pad and hold the pad in complete covering relationship with respect to the palm of the hand, as seen clearly in Fig. 6.

In Figs. 7 and 8 the hand mitt illustrated is of the same general construction as that described with reference to Figs. and 6 and like parts have been denoted by the same references, but primed. In the present mitt construction the finger band 70 is replaced by a pocket 76 secured upon the cover sheet 52'. This construction of hand mitt permits the wearers hand to be passed through the slot 64 and the slit 66' and the finger tips to be engaged in the pocket 76, with the mitt held onto the hand by the engagement of the band 68' over the wearers wrist.

As above indicated, and as will be readily appreciated, a hand mitt in accordance with this invention can be employed for a variety of purposes. The paper panels can be readily torn-off and discarded as they become soiled and a clean surface be presented for use. No laundering is necessary. In some cases it might be desirable that the panels be made of specially selected material, including cloth or fabric material, and the panels may be specially treated or selected, as when odorous articles have to be handled, or, for example, when it is desired to perform a rubbing or butting operation with the use of one of my hand mitts.

Having thus disclosed my invention, what I claim as novel and wish to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

A hand mitt capable of being Worn upon a persons hand to cover and protect the palm thereof, said hand mitt comprising a pad composed of superimposed layers of sheet material, means connecting said layers along spaced apart lines to define panel sections of said layers severable along said lines, a pair of spaced parallel slits for providing a band of pad material for the wrist defined adjacent one end of said pad outside of said connecting means and inwardly of said end, and means defining a finger grip portion located at the opposite end of said pad from said slit and being attached to the surface of said pad contacting the palm of the hand inwardly from said connecting means for said layers, whereby the thickness of the mitt at the slits for the wrist remains the same as the mitt is consumed in service while the thickness of the mitt adjacent the finger grip portion is progressively reduced.

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